Martinon, Jean-Paul, ed. 2021. Curating Ethics, Philosophies, . 2409-9287 [Edited Journal]

Preview	Image Special Issue - 1.jpg - Supplemental Material Download (510kB) | Preview
Preview	Image Special Issue - 2.jpg - Supplemental Material Download (683kB) | Preview
Preview	Image Special Issue - 3.jpg - Supplemental Material Download (769kB) | Preview
Preview	Text curating_ethics.pdf - Supplemental Material Download (154kB) | Preview

Abstract or Description

Everyone curates images, objects, and sounds through digital or other means and with varying degrees of competence or skill. The ever-increasing popularity of this activity has led some to lament that, today, everybody is a curator, that we ceaselessly grow in superficiality (always working on the next blogged, instagrammed, tumblr’d, or twittered image to be pasted onto the already rich constellation of our curated lives). What was once considered a hallowed expertise has now become a commonplace activity showing that people are both subjugated to market forces and addicted to the endless process of superfluous repetition. Everyone indeed curates and yet this global activity has no code of practice; it is free of any institutional ethical anchoring. If there is no more training or schooling to help aspiring curators navigate the muddy waters of right and wrong, if there is no more expertise or professionalism to set, represent, and protect good standards of practice, and if there are no more guilds or syndications to verify, correct, and/or defend these standards, how can this activity remain in any way ethical? This Special Issue invites contributions from philosophers of information, curators, cultural theorists, art theorists, or new media scholars concerned with how ethics play out in today’s oversaturated world. We particularly seek contributions from those who are interested in crossing the borders between philosophy and other disciplines or research areas. No particular philosophical tradition is privileged, provided the essay has a firm scholarly foundation.

Item Type:	Edited Journal
Keywords:	Curating, Information ethics, Meta-ethics, Moral philosophy, Art, Cultural studies, New media, Social networking
Related URLs:	https://www.mdpi.com/journal/philosophie...
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Visual Cultures
Date:	1 April 2021
Item ID:	34553
Date Deposited:	04 Jan 2024 14:45
Last Modified:	04 Jan 2024 14:45
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/34553

View statistics for this item...

Edit Record (login required)